I know many people find Michael MacIntyre a majoe irritant, but I like him - he's very funny, and I think he's probably a very nice bloke, although his relentless puppyish enthusiasm can be a bit wearing.Lenny Henry - another lovely bloke, but only mildly amusing as a stand-up, and pure teak as a straight actor. Peter Kay - so-so.Katy Brand - brilliant!Catherine Tate - ditto!Peter Serafinowicz - passable straight actor, complete humour-free zone as a stand-up and sketch comedian.Erica Nernie - the legends.Laura Lanhardy - the incomparable.The Two Ronnies - unforgettable (in a good way).Max Miller - supposedly a legend, but I've seen ancient footage of him, and found him only intermittently amusing, and was put off by the smug, self-satisfied smile he always gave between jokes.

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Milton Jones is brilliant.Never seen the 'Horrible Histories' sketches, but the books look great fun.Stewart Lee - [holds hand out palm downwards, and waggles it.]

Milton Jones was brilliant. As I said, he needs new material.

There's a video you can see on Youtube in which Stewart Lee rips into the Scots for half an hour, claiming that being Scotch [sic] is inherited through the male line "like a disability", that William Wallace Braveheart had sex with a four year old princess and was gay and in love with Robert the Bruce. He never loses the audience, even though it was in a club in Glasgow. The man is a comic genius, whatever you may think.

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There's a video you can see on Youtube in which Stewart Lee rips into the Scots for half an hour, claiming that being Scotch [sic] is inherited through the male line "like a disability", that William Wallace Braveheart had sex with a four year old princess and was gay and in love with Robert the Bruce. He never loses the audience, even though it was in a club in Glasgow. The man is a comic genius, whatever you may think.

The Fast Show was a favourite of mine. So many great sketches. Loved The Two Ronnies. Russ Abbot was a favourite of mine as a kid too. As for stand up comedians I thought Jasper Carrot and Dave Allen were very funny.

It's all down to personal taste, of course. If I can watch something over and over again and still find it funny, then for me that indicates some sort of comedy genius.

There's a video you can see on Youtube in which Stewart Lee rips into the Scots for half an hour, claiming that being Scotch [sic] is inherited through the male line "like a disability", that William Wallace Braveheart had sex with a four year old princess and was gay and in love with Robert the Bruce. He never loses the audience, even though it was in a club in Glasgow. The man is a comic genius, whatever you may think.

Apparently Milton Jones couldn't go on stage once because he felt a little funny.

There's a video you can see on Youtube in which Stewart Lee rips into the Scots for half an hour, claiming that being Scotch [sic] is inherited through the male line "like a disability", that William Wallace Braveheart had sex with a four year old princess and was gay and in love with Robert the Bruce. He never loses the audience, even though it was in a club in Glasgow. The man is a comic genius, whatever you may think.

" ..Stewart Lee rips into the Scots for half an hour"

Last time I saw him, it was more like "dips into the scotch for the best part of three hours". However, in previous shows when he didn't seem to be plastered, he was brilliant.

Stewart Lee comes over as the ''complete sarcastic angry man in a bit of a state who wants people at least to have a bit of his pain'' whether it's all an act I think we are privileged he has chosen to share it with us.